Medical Malpractice Lawyers Philadelphia, PA

Get the Justice You Deserve After a Philadelphia Hospital or Doctor’s Error Hurts You by Contacting a Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Lawyer

When you entrust your health and well-being to health care providers, you expect just that: health care. We can surmise that most health care providers entered the field of medicine with intentions of helping others. The reality of today’s healthcare environment, however, reveals a system ripe for errors: Understaffing is a serious problem in many hospitals. The pressure on doctors and nurses is tremendous. Morals of doctors don’t always align with those of the hospital.

Unfortunately, when pressures on health care providers causes them to make mistakes, it is live human beings who suffer. If you or a family member was injured, or if a family member lost his or her life because of a doctor’s error, an emergency room error, or a prescription error, it is imperative that you speak with a Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer immediately. Contact the Marrone Law Firm, LLC in Philadelphia today!

Types of Medical Events Considered “Medical Malpractice” in Pennsylvania

For more than 25 years, Joseph M. Marrone has been fighting for the rights of people injured because of errors occurring in medical care situations. Turn to our experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice law firm for answers and help with regard to any type of medical-related injury or death:

Birth trauma/injury or pregnancy issues: Will your child pay with their life or a lifetime of struggle for a doctor’s mistake? Is your wife suffering from preeclampsia?

OB/GYN malpractice: Did you suffer long-lasting damage to your reproductive organs or lose your wife in a maternal death situation during childbirth?

Hospital malpractice or emergency room negligence: Was another type of caregiver other than a doctor or nurse to blame for your loved one’s death by error in a hospital?

Prescription negligence: Did a prescribing physician or a pharmacist cause you harm through a medication or prescription error? Did they miss a dangerous medication combination that hurt you?

Failure to diagnose / Misdiagnosis: Was your loved one’s life cut short after a family doctor misdiagnosed or failed to diagnose a critical illness such as cancer or meningitis? Did you complain of symptoms, only to be ignored?

Errors in surgery: Was your operation room the scene of a surgical error or an anesthesia error?

Eligibility for Wrongful Death Suits Due to Medical Malpractice in Philadelphia, PA

Be aware that only certain individuals are eligible to file a lawsuit involving the wrongful death of a loved one. In Pennsylvania, the claim is originally to be filed by an officially chosen descendant or a legally appointed personal representative of the victim’s estate should the descendant also be deceased. They are not filling for the money themselves but on behalf of the vicitm’s beneficiaries, which unless otherwise stated are the “real parties of interest” and include spouses, children, and parents only.

After six months, if the personal representative has not filed, it falls to other beneficiaries. If the PA medical malpractice claim is not made within two years of the death of the victim, beneficiaries and all other parties forfeit the right to file a wrongful death claim.

Ethical Standards to Be Upheld by Philadelphia Doctors

When a doctor or medical assistant is ready to legally practice medicine, they must be sworn in and agree that they “will do no harm,” as specified by the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath requires physicians to uphold specific ethical standards to protect their patients when practicing medicine. The oath also states that physicians should always treat patients with a “reasonable standard of care.” When a physician fails to meet a reasonable standard of care, or when a physician makes mistakes, they may be liable for medical malpractice in Pennsylvania. In the event that medical malpractice has been committed and can be proven, the victim or the victim’s family could be entitled to a wide variety of financial compensation for their injuries.

Contact a Philadelphia Lawyer for Your Medical Malpractice or Wrongful Death Case

Often, when new clients discuss their concerns with our Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers, they say that they want to know why it happened even more than they want compensation. However, the reality is that medical mistakes are expensive to deal with. You may need corrective surgery or a long time off work to recuperate. You may have lasting disabilities to live with. You may have a viable wrongful death claim if a loved one died because of a health care provider’s negligence. Our goal is to hold negligent parties and their insurers responsible for the harm they have caused our clients

Talk to our attorneys about your potential medical malpractice lawsuit after a health care provider’s negligence caused serious harm. The Marrone Law Firm, LLC welcomes clients from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania communities near and far, such as Cherry Hill and Philadelphia. Contact us here or call us at our Philadelphia, PA office at 215-709-7360.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Man was admitted to local hospital for an elective heart procedure which required intubation. Following this procedure, medical staff performed an untimely extubation resulting in severe damage to the Plaintiff’s neurological function leaving him permanently incapacitated.

$227Million

$227Million

Record Settlement in 2013 Fatal Philadelphia Salvation Army Thrift Store Collapse. Largest personal injury settlement in Pennsylvania history.

$3Million

$3Million

Young woman dies when doctors and hospitals, knowing the severity of the patient’s condition, refuse to treat the patient for the lack of a referral. The failure to treat patient, ultimately causes the patient’s death.

$1.5Million

$1.5Million

Death of a child due to hospital’s malpractice for the failure to maintain proper records and the improper placement of a PICC line.

$3.8Million

$3.8Million

Of the nineteen deceased and injured plaintiffs, Marrone Law Firm, LLC represented two individuals who were injured and survived when a four-story building being demolished collapsed onto the adjacent Salvation Army Thrift Store at 22nd & Market Streets in Philadelphia, resulting in, what is believed to be, the largest personal injury settlement in Pennsylvania history. After a six month jury trial, the settlement proceeds were allocated to the plaintiffs through an arbitration process. Both of our clients survived the collapsed rubble and struggled to put their lives together again.

$1.1Million

$1.1Million

Marrone Law Firm, LLC secured a $1.1 Million Dollar Settlement for our then, 29 year old client who was viciously assaulted outside of a New Jersey bar, sustaining serious injuries. Our client suffered an unprovoked assault by multiple individuals who had been drinking heavily inside the bar. We successfully proved that these individuals were the intoxicated, and that the bar’s employees continued to serve these individuals liquor when they were "visibly intoxicated," a violation of New Jersey’s Dram Shop law. As a result of the settlement we were able to obtain, our client was able to rebuild his life, and the bar establishment changed its policies and procedures to prevent violations of the Dram Shop law.

$1.9Million

$1.9Million

Motorcycle accident resulting in head trauma.

$4Million

$4Million

Pregnant woman dies as result of hospital’s malpractice for the failure to treat symptoms of preeclampsia.

$1Million

$1Million

Woman visiting sporting facility when bleachers suddenly and without warning became unstable and fell on top of her. The Plaintiff suffered permanent injuries and aggravated pre-existing Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), also referred to as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).

$1.4Million

$1.4Million

Ornamental iron worker, while attending engineering classes at local university, seriously injured during fall down flight of stairs because of negligently maintained loose stair tread.

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